3 d. ago Asylum seekers can be a boon for Quebec's economy, job fair organizer says

Hundreds turn out for event at Montreal Olympic Stadium, where employers were hoping to persuade some to leave the city to work in the regions.

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4 d. ago ‘No golden ticket’: U.K. to end refugees’ automatic right to stay indefinitely

Currently, successful asylum-seekers are granted refugee status for five years. After that, they can claim the right to stay in the country and have access to a wider array of benefits

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5 d. ago WARMINGTON: Cut the fat before hitting taxpayers to shelter asylum seekers

In just five minutes of looking over the city's budget there are a billion dollars in savings to be hard starting with city council's $33K raise

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1 week ago Cook This: 3 recipes from Good Things, including ‘criminally good’ garlic bread

Trying times lead to something special in Samin Nosrat's followup to her 2017 smash hit, Salt Fat Acid Heat

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2 w. ago After ICE Raids, Canada Sees Surge in Migrants Crossing Border Through New York

Canada is seeing a sharp increase in asylum-seekers entering through a border crossing between New York and the province of Quebec, as President Donald Trump’s policies drive away migrants and even some US citizens.

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2 w. ago UNHCR official warns that the 1951 refugee convention is increasingly under threat

The U.N. refugee agency said Wednesday that governments around the world, especially in the Global North, which includes the United States and countries in Europe, are increasingly undermining the global convention on refugees and asylum-seekers — even threatening its very existence. The stark warning by UNHCR came on the 75th anniversary of the U.N. Refugee […]

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